Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been inducted as an Honorary Fellow (FRCMT) of the Royal Conservatory of Music, the very best designation conferred by the group.
The Canadian Maestro obtained the honour after main The Philadelphia Orchestra to a bought out home at their Koerner Corridor debut. The live performance, which included Florence Value’s Symphony No. 4 and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 was programmed as a part of the RCM’s Conservatory’s Worldwide Orchestra Collection.
“It’s an honour to be acknowledged in my residence nation by The Royal Conservatory of Music, a famend establishment that has had a transformative affect on music training in Canada,” mentioned Philadelphia Orchestra Music and Creative Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in an announcement.
“This fellowship can be significant to me as a result of my mom and father devoted their lives to larger training. As a Fellow, I really feel much more related to my household and to their vocations.”
Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin
The Montréal native started his research on the metropolis’s Conservatory of Music, taking up piano, conducting, composition, and chamber music. Yannick continued his research at Westminster Choir School, and with conductor Carlo Maria Giulini.
The Fellowship will add to an extended listing of honours and recognition, together with an appointment as Companion of the Order of Canada, Companion to the Order of Arts and Letters of Quebec, an Officer of the Order of Montreal, an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; Musical America’s 2016 Artist of the Yr; and eight honorary doctorates.
Yannick is in his twelfth season with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the place he’s Music and Creative Director, and not too long ago served as conducting advisor for the Bradley Cooper movie Maestro about Leonard Bernstein.
That’s not all of his tasks,
- Creative Director and Principal Conductor of Montréal’s Orchestre Métropolitain since 2000;
- Principal visitor conductor of the London Philharmonic from 2008 to 2014;
- Music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic from 2008 to 2018 (he’s now honorary conductor);
- Named an honorary member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in 2017;
- Third Music Director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera since 2018.
He’s underneath an unique recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon, and has launched 13 recordings with The Philadelphia Orchestra, together with Florence Value Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3, which gained a Grammy Award for Greatest Orchestral Efficiency in 2022.
“Honorary Fellowships are conferred upon people who’ve had a profound affect on society via music and the humanities. Yannick’s extraordinary and extensive ranging musical actions encourage tens of millions of individuals all through the world and produce the nice magnificence and which means of our artwork type into their lives. Yannick’s work extends additionally into music training and his work with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra stays a memorable expertise for the scholars who had the privilege of collaborating in that thrilling musical journey,” remarked Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music.
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